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. 2024 Aug 27;101(1):277–292. doi: 10.3233/JAD-240163

Table 2.

Costs per capita and costs per prevalent case of dementia in 2019 by World Bank Income Group and Global Burden of Disease super-region. All costs are adjusted for comorbidities

Direct cost
attributable to
dementia per person
in 2019 (USD)
Indirect cost per
person (USD)
Total cost per person
(USD)
Direct cost
attributable to
dementia per case in
2019 (USD)
Indirect cost per case
(USD)
Total cost per case
(USD)
Global $34
($17–$54)
$46
($25–$70)
$79
($52–$111)
$4 542
($2 357–$7 239)
$6 169
($3 328–$9 391)
$10 711
($6 989–$14 549)
World Bank Income Group
High income $198
($100–$317)
$204
($104–$321)
$401
($262–$558)
$11 181
($5 751–$17 612)
$11 506
($5 970–$18 035)
$22 687
($14 522–$31 073)
Upper middle income $8
($4–$13)
$34
($18–$51)
$42
($25–$61)
$831
($433–$1 368)
$3 656
($2 011–$5 346)
$4 487
($2 765–$6 303)
Lower middle income $0.31
($0.15–$0.51)
$4
($3–$6)
$5
($3–$7)
$101
($50–$167)
$1 467
($851–$2 063)
$1 568
($951–$2 158)
Low income $0.04
($0.02–$0.07)
$4
($3–$5)
$4
($3–$5)
$22
($11–$37)
$1 768
($1 309–$2 177)
$1 790
($1 334–$2 199)
Global Burden of Disease Super Regions
Central Europe, Eastern
Europe, and Central Asia
$9
($5–$15)
$43
($21–$66)
$52
($30–$76)
$704
($371–$1 163)
$3 398
($1 741–$5 140)
$4 102
($2 385–$5 790)
High-income $218
($110–$348)
$219
($112–$345)
$437
($284–$608)
$11 857
($6 100–$18 648)
$11 946
($6 188–$18 741)
$23 803
($15 237–$32 597)
Latin America and
Caribbean
$4
($2–$7)
$23
($12–$34)
$28
($17–$39)
$646
($339–$1 071)
$3 555
($1 902–$5 100)
$4 201
($2 491–$5 808)
North Africa and Middle
East
$2
($1–$3)
$7
($3–$11)
$8
($5–$13)
$392
($183–$652)
$1 426
($670–$2 322)
$1 818
($1 005–$2 730)
South Asia $0.23
($0.1–$0.38)
$3
($2–$4)
$3
($2–$4)
$81
($39–$134)
$1 089
($729–$1 384)
$1 170
($805–$1 479)
Southeast Asia, East Asia,
and Oceania
$8
($4–$13)
$33
($17–$50)
$40
($24–$59)
$902
($459–$1 485)
$3 754
($2 018–$5 591)
$4 657
($2 877–$6 587)
Sub-Saharan Africa $0.16
($0.07–$0.26)
$5
($3–$6)
$5
($3–$7)
$92
($45–$154)
$2 760
($1 890–$3 525)
$2 853
($1 978–$3 641)